Bird and Conservation News

Possum Apples
October 19, 2008
Wildlife Trumps Football
October 16, 2008 — More and more people are going into the wild. But unlike the book by Jon Krakauer, or Sean Penn’s movie, where Christopher McCandless torches his money in the desert, these wilderness seekers are spending big bucks. Wildlife watchers generated $1
When the Milkweeds Explode
October 15, 2008
Exhibiting Climate Change
October 14, 2008 — A new climate change exhibit opens at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City before embarking on a worldwide tour. Nothing gets left out in the cold with this comprehensive, and engaging, look at the world's biggest problem.
Biofuel
October 09, 2008 — In 1731 a Dutch commission described the shipworms that literally ate the dikes of Holland as a “horrible plague.” Almost two-hundred years later shipworms chewed their way through the piers and wharves of San Francisco. But these despised,
Lost Penguins Fly Home
October 07, 2008 — Penguins swim too far north in Brazil but find a ride home in a military plane.
Rare White Eagle Stirs Souls
October 01, 2008 — The bright, white object ranchers discovered in a field in southeastern Colorado last July fell from the sky and may be the only one of its kind. It is neither a meteorite nor an extraterrestrial, although it has attracted attention on par with
The Sere Season
September 29, 2008
The Tater-Tots Plant
September 24, 2008
Flying South for the Winter
September 24, 2008